1. Satisfactory
2. Stardew Valley
3. Baldur’s Gate 3

Not that they’re the best games, but they’re definitely my favorites. Though if I’m being honest there’s a large gap between number one and number two, and anything other than Satisfactory feels like it could move in the top 10 depending on my mood.

So I guess if I’m being honest with myself it’s more like
1: Satisfactory

~massive gap~

2-∞: any other traditionally well-liked game, depending on my mood on a given day

I’m playing Counter-Strike 2

… exclusively on a modded server hosting a Warcraft mod

… that I found because I was searching for the same thing I played on CS:S over a decade ago

I found out that Satisfactory is on sale right now, and will go up in price by $10 after the sale. So if you want it before 1.0 comes out now would be a great time.

Stardew valley is 2D so fewer controls to learn than a 3D game. It also has a cute art style.

Update 8 is on stable. From the wiki

Patch Notes: Early Access - v0.8.3.0 – Build 264901. This patch was released on 14 November 2023. It is the last patch of Update 8 development, bringing its features to the stable branch.

WoW Classic: Season of Discovery, and I recently started my second playthrough of Satisfactory now that Update 8 is out.

Satisfactory for me. I like setting a small goal for myself to build a whole factory piece by piece.